AI-generated content is flooding the internet, from videos and music to news and books. On top of that, generative AI is making false information look more convincing than ever. We're entering a ne...
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Can we survive the heat death of the universe? One day, the last star will die, galaxies will dissolve, and black holes will evaporate. The universe becomes a cold, empty void where nothing happens...
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The 12,026 Human Era Calendar is almost here – but as a kurzgesagt Patron, you can get it first.
This is our 10th Human Era Calendar. At first, this project was just an idea. But you believ...
2025-09-30 14:16:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Pregnancy is not gentle. Babies begin as invaders, growing a brand-new organ inside another human. For months, they sap energy, hack the immune system, and fight for survival. Out of this struggle ...
2025-09-23 14:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Birbs,
✨ The Official Star Birds Merch Has Landed! ✨
Suit up with the cozy, double-sided Star Birds Shirt and become a special part of the launch of our very first video game (...
2025-09-17 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Some killer asteroids were found only days before flyby. If they had struck Earth, the power of thousands of nuclear bombs would have flattened cities and killed millions. What if we spotted a 100-...
2025-09-16 14:01:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Birbs,
Our first official video poster is here!
There is a creature alive today which has survived millions of years of evolution... Without change, without passion, without logic....
2025-09-03 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
The ocean sunfish, or Mola, is one of the strangest animals alive. A massive, flat, derpy giant that eats jellyfish, drifts aimlessly, and carries parasites that even have smaller parasites of thei...
2025-09-02 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
From study sessions to dance floors, amphetamines can feel like a shortcut to superhuman focus and energy. Why do they work so well? What happens to your body once you take them? And what toll does...
2025-08-19 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Alcohol kills more people each year than wars, terrorism, homicides, and car accidents combined. It destroys bodies, relationships, and lives. Yet we toast with it at weddings, sip it at parties, a...
2025-08-12 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The Next Limited Edition Pin is here, and you get early access!
Humanity is venturing further and further into space. Sooner or later, aliens will notice us. Ducktopia Labs has built a devic...
2025-08-11 14:30:56 +0000 UTC View Post
No matter how likely your death is, there will always be a version of you that survives. At least according to one of the most bizarre interpretations of quantum mechanics, known as Quantum Immorta...
2025-07-29 14:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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We’re curious about you: what you enjoy and what makes kurzgesagt meaningful to you. Got a few minutes to share your thoughts? Take this survey and help us shape what's coming n...
2025-07-24 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
What happens when the immune system meant to protect you becomes your worst enemy? This is the betrayal of autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, celiac disease, lupus, Crohn...
2025-07-01 14:08:39 +0000 UTC View PostDear birds,
today is a very exciting day for us: the free demo of Star Birds is live on Steam! ✨
You can play it from today onwards and help us shape the game before Early Acc...
A war has been raging for decades in the jungles of Panama, as we fight one of the most terrifying parasites on Earth. It is so relentless that our best defense is to drop 100 million radiation-bla...
2025-06-03 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a tiny slice of studio life today:
While working on one of our upcoming videos, the team created this majestic and highly scientific lineup of the team’s new favorite emotional support f...
Fentanyl is the deadliest illegal drug in US history by far. It’s often described as the ultimate high, but it’s actually an inferior, short-lived, and brutally addictive version of heroin. In ...
2025-05-20 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Ducktopia Labs has managed the unthinkable: Strange Matter
The mind-breaking substance that might just rewrite physics has been safely contained in an enamel pin. It’s mesmerizing in daylig...
2025-05-06 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
What happens when your time machine breaks and you end up stranded millions of years ago? You’ve landed in a world that’s nothing like today, facing deadly storms and unbearable heat, breathing...
2025-04-22 14:02:16 +0000 UTC View Post
As a patron, you help make everything we do possible, and we’re always thinking about how we can make your ...
South Korea is heading toward a demographic collapse unlike anything the world has seen before. With the lowest fertility rate ever recorded and a rapidly aging population, the country faces a futu...
2025-04-02 14:09:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Reality is not real. Your world is a prediction. Every sight, sound, and touch you experience is the result of calculations your brain makes before reality even reaches you. It fills in gaps, fabri...
2025-03-18 15:04:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Dear Birbs,
Most of us love animals but also eat meat. Unfortunately, most animals we eat live in truly horrible conditions. We don’t torture them for better meat, just for cheaper meat. ...
Dear Birbs,
Humans assume aliens look human. But why would they?!
Our first video of the year explores what life might actually look like in strange, distant worlds.
We hope you e...
Exciting News, Everyone! 🌟
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you decide what our next Behind the Scenes video will be about!
Last month, we gave you a glimpse into
2025-01-23 06:28:59 +0000 UTC
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Dear birbs,
The year 12,024 of the Human Era is coming to its end – and what a year it has been!
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Dear Birbs,
Our last video of the year explores whether our extremely high immune defenses could be the reason for modern allergies.
For millions of years, worms invaded the human bo...
Ten years ago, in 2014, we released a video titled "Is War Over?". Back then, the question didn’t seem so naive. It seemed violent conflict was on the decline, and the world more peaceful than ev...
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